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The aircraft was designed to comply with the EC 216/2008 Annex 2 (j) rules for deregulated class under 70 kg (154 lb) empty weight. It features a joined wing box wing, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, a hull for water operations, but no wheeled landing gear and a single electric engine in tractor configuration mounted above the cockpit.
Variant with a Sinedon 40 hp (30 kW) electric motor replacing the piston engine; first flown in December 2007. [3] [4] [9] Pipistrel claims it was the first two-seat electric aircraft to have ever flown. [15] [9] Two units were produced. Taurus Electro G2 Updated version of the Electro for series production, introduced in 2011.
The aircraft is made from composite material, predominantly carbon fiber reinforced polymer. Its 38 ft (11.6 m) span wing has an area of 120 sq ft (11 m 2) and mounts flaps. The standard engine used is a 105 kW (141 hp) electric powerplant. The aircraft will have ten batteries giving it a four-hour endurance.
The 20 and 23 meter variants can be equipped with a 42-kW electric motor and SAFT VL 41M lithium-ion batteries. The EM 42 is a fixed-shaft brushless DC electric motor running at 190-288 V, and drawing up to 160 A, the 42 kW motor can deliver up to 216 N.m of torque over a speed range of 160-1600 RPM with a total efficiency of 90%.
Ekranoplan A-90 Orlyonok. A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.
Data from AVweb and Pipistrel General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) Height: 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Wing area: 9.51 m 2 (102.4 sq ft) Empty weight: 279 kg (615 lb) Gross weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb) Fuel capacity: 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 UL four cylinder, horizontally opposed, four stroke ...
Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer Trike: United States: Motor glider: Battery: Private: 2007: Production: Ultralight. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft. [28] [29] [citation needed] Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C: United States: Motor glider: Battery: Private: 2008: Production: Converted Monnett Moni motor ...
The design was originally developed by Bye Aerospace subsidiary Aero Electric Aircraft Corporation (AEAC). [2] [3] Arion Aircraft of Shelbyville, Tennessee constructed the proof-of-concept prototype [4] and delivered it in March 2016. [5] The eFlyer 2 was first publicly introduced at the Centennial Airport in Colorado on 11 May 2016. [3]